I get asked quite often why I like to cook. The first reason I give is normally because I like to eat. I am Thai and food is a big factor in our culture. We greet each other with hello followed by 'have you eaten? When guests turn up at your house it's safe to assume that they will expect to be fed.

The second reason is that as I grew up in the Northeastern part of Thailand, the poorest region, food was always hard to come by. We weren't hungry as there was always rice, but it was difficult finding something to go with rice. Now I do have ingredients to go with rice, I want to cook!

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Elsa and Anna.




Elsa and Anna.

The meringues serve a couple of purposes, they represent the Snow Queen, Elsa and Arendelle's eternal winter. Elsa's ice palace is portrayed by the meringue tower. Ana is not forgotten, her purple cloak is depicted by the raspberry cream.


Use an electric mixer, beat
-8 egg whites, until soft peaks form, add
-400g caster sugar, mixed with 
-good pinch of salt,
-1tsp cream of tartar.
Add the sugar mixture a tablespoon at a time.
Stop beating when the egg white mixture is stiff enough that you can, or want to, hold it over your head.

130c fan forced.

Spoon 4 moulds of around 15cm wide meringues on a large baking tray lined with baking paper.

Bake 45 minutes.
Leave to cool completely in the oven.

Cream Filling.
Use an electric mixer beat,
-400ml double cream, with
-300g mascarpone cheese, 
-2tbsp icing sugar,
-1tsp vanilla bean paste.

   Raspberry Sauce.
In a saucepan, put in 
-350g frozen raspberries, 
-1tbsp water,
-3tbsp caster sugar.
Cook, stirring on low heat until the fruits have broken down. Pass through a sieve and leave aside.

   To assemble.
Place the first layer of meringue on a serving platter.
Spoon on the cream.
Drizzle on some raspberry sauce.
Repeat until all the layers are used.

Mix the remaining cream with the raspberry sauce.
Place the raspberry cream on the side of the meringue tower, to represent Anna's journey to the ice palace.

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